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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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Can someone tell me how to remove the rear valve cover? There'* a large "mount" on the passenger side of it that seems to be in the way. I'm hesitant to remove it as there'* coolant hoses and all sorts of stuff connected to it, plus one bolt is kinda hidden and hard to get to.

Any tricks to this?

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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 12:19 PM
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my cousin just did one of those and he cut that ear off the bracket sense i guess on his car it was useless.But that bracket is the alternator bracket that has yes coolant passages running through it.either cut that ear off or take the bracket off
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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After removing the bolts from the bracket, I was able to pull it back just enough to slip the valve cover off without draining coolant or removing the bypass hoses.
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You can get that cover off without removing that bracket. You should be able to rock the cover backwards.
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